Phillip Dahlhofer

Review of CVE Homes

My wife and I recently closed on our new home and ...

My wife and I recently closed on our new home and we LOVE it! We went back and forth for about six months trying to decide if we wanted to build or buy and in the end we couldn't find a house that we liked with a first floor master suit and laundry in our price range so we shopped around for builders.
I won't knock other builders but what really sold us on CVE was the quality of their work and the extreme level of customization. When I speak of quality I am referring to the things that you may not necessarily notice but are super important. They do a great job with framing, the basement is awesome, even if you stick with base level everything the quality is still decent (standard doors and flooring for example), and they did an excellent job with finishing.
What sold us was the customization. We chose the Villager model because we didn't need a HUGE home but we wanted a very nice home. At the initial design meeting we talked about what we liked and didn't like in the model that we were shown and gave a few thoughts on what we would like. They came back with a floor plan customized for what we wanted and then we worked together to refine it to our perfect floor plan. As long as the wall isn't load bearing they will do just about anything that you ask free of charge.
My wife and I prefer a very modern design and CVE allowed us to build an amazing modern home. Karen the Selection Coordinator was great. She was very helpful, came up with some incredible ideas, and really helped us to create the home that we envisioned.
Building went pretty smoothly. Ben the sight supervisor was amazing! If there were any concerns or questions he was very quick to respond and he made sure that everything was built and finished to a very high standard.
There were a few small issues but they were typical building a new house issues. A few lights had to be changed, we had to rethink how we wanted to do a ceiling, and other little things.
The only reason I didn't put 5 stars (I would do 4.5 if I could) was because of an issue with tile. The tile installer did a poor job installing the back splash do to the high level of technical expertise that was required. We were basically told it was our fault for picking the tile (I feel they should have told us if they couldn't properly install the tile before they ruined $600 worth of tile that we paid for) and things got a bit dicey. Everything got worked out in the end but I really felt like they didn't want to stand behind the work of the sub-contractor that did the tile work and it isn't my job to hold their subs accountable.
Overall it was a great experience and if you want a unique, well built, home I would recommend CVE!